Rod-supporting means



O ct. 8, 1929. F. w. slEGEL ROD SUPPORTING IEANS Filed .my 16, 1928 ATTORN EY Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES Lianne FRED W. SEGEL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ROD-SUPPORTNG MEANS Application filed July l,

This invention relates to means for connecting together and supporting components of divers appurtenances, suc-h for instance, as the rod sections oit awnings and canopies.

The principal object ot the invention is the provision of means of the indicated character oit' simple and novel construction, which may be readily put into ellfective use for the intended purposes.

The new and distinguishing features and advantages of the invention Will appear from the embodiment oi" the invention, which by Way of example is described in the iollowing specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing7 in Which- Figure 1 illustrates an awning, the head rod oit which is supported by the means employed in accordance with the present invention.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2*2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the frontrod of an awning supported by the means employed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. e is an enlarged elevation ot 'the con-y nectinof means.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal ctional view oi the connecting means.

Fig. (5 is a longitudinal sectional vien7 of a modilied form ot connecting means.

rlhe present invention contemplates the provision oit a device in the form of a union for the purpose ot connecting together the sections of an unusually long rod, together with ilsteniiig means which serves in conjunction with the union for the purpose oit rigidly supporting the rod to prevent the same from sagging.

The union 10 which is best seen in Figs. t, 5 and G, consists oit threaded sockets 11,

connected together by an integral, substan-v tially short flat shank 12 having a hole 13. The shank l2 may be centrally disposed in axial alignment with the sockets 11 as shown nost clearly in Fig. 5, or the sha-nk may be disposed at one side ot the axial plane of the socket 11, as shown most clearly in F ig. 6.

y F ig. 2 exemplifies the use of the union 10 and fastening means in conjunction with the 1928. Serial No. 292,937.

sections 14 of the head rod of an awning 15,` it being understood that the rod extends *hrough a. hem designated 16 at the top of the awning. The sockets 11 respectively receive threaded ends or' the rod sections 14 5 'for the purpose of connecting them together.` u Suitable fastening means is employed in con- `junction with the union 10, and as shown in Fig. 2 consists of a stud bolt 17 one ond oi which screwed into a suitable socket -G9 in the building structure, and the opposite y end is received in the hole 13, with a nut 18 applied thereto to rigidly hold the union in supported position. In this manner an unusually long head rod may be supported to` prevent the rod from sagging at the middle.

Fig. 3 illustrates the sections 19 of a front awning rod supported for the purpose ot preventing the same from sagging' at the middle. in this case the union 10 is con- 7 nected bet-Ween the rod sections 19, and an intermediate rod 20 has its outer end con` nected with the shank 12, bythe use oi a socket. 21 attached to the outer end et the rod 20. the said socket 21 having a threaded stud 22 which is extended through the hole 13 in the shank 12, and a nut 23 is applied to the stud 22.

lt is to be understood that the sockets 11 of the union respectively may be prokce vided With right and lett three ds. or threaded in any other manner to suit different conditions; that the sockets 11 may be ot various sizes to tit dii'ierent size rod or pipe ends; and that the shank 12 may be ot any desired e length.

l claim:

1. A union consistingot rod end receiving sockets, and a shank connecting the sockets together` said shank being so formed as to accommodate fastening means for the pur-v pose oi rigidly securingr the union.

2. A union consisting of threaded rod and receiving sockets, and a shank rigidly eon- ,95 necting the sockets together in alinement, said shank having a hole therein, to receive a fastening element, for the purpose of ri gidly securingthe union.

The 1ombination with parts ot an awning rod, of separate means Connecting the parte together in alinement With each other, a relatively fixed Support, and separate means rigidly connecting the means first mentioned with seid support, for the pur- Ose of S113 ortin@ said rod.

FRED SIEGEL.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,731,113. Granted October 8, 1929, to

FRED W. SIEGEL.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 93, claim 2, for the word "and" read "end"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that, the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 12th day of November, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

